Sep 27, 2026 · 41 min · 11 segments
In this episode of *Unleash Your Inner Leader*, high-stakes leadership mentor and author Sally Henderson joins Randip Singh to discuss how leaders can thrive amidst relentless pressure. Sally shares…
Sally HendersonGuest
Randip SinghHost
Well, you know, researching your career background, you really did take off from not just being in recruitment to creating a recruitment business that then you were successfully able to exit.
Your early motivation about money, just to touch on that a little bit, what do you think drove that realization up front that you wanted a role that was fulfilling, Interesting that you're growing, but also rewarded appropriately.
Well, I like to come back to your definition of successfully exit because actually that's quite a topic to unpick and it's something I talk a lot about in the book.
I'll be really frank and honest because I am an open book in my world and in my work.
My parents had a lot of financial challenges and as a family, therefore, the reality of when a business doesn't work, my dad had his own business and for many years it did okay and then it didn't.
And then the impact on our family when that unexpected kind of, you know, disappointment and reality of a business that isn't successful hit the family caused a lot of stress and lots of other repercussions.
So having had that personal experience as a child, as a young adult and becoming a parent myself, I never wanted that to happen when it was under my watch.
So I think because of my personal experiences around experiencing a lack of money, that was a very high motivator.
But there's something I speak about in the book, which I think is also really important around the drive you talk about.
Kind of 16 slash 10 years, like six years kind of working out after I left my company.
But the real method that I've created from all of my experience, it stands for role, emotion, acceleration and leadership, which I believe are the pillars for high performance, especially in this current climate where the stakes are relentlessly high.
I start off by talking about the difference between towards and away from energy.
Interestingly, a lot of senior people have achieved what the world would deem successful careers because they're driven by away from energy.
And it's a work in progress to not allow this to be my state currently because we're all human.
You're driven by what if I don't? What will happen if this goes wrong? And it's like getting away from the monsters under the bed.
Well, you know, researching your career background, you really did take off from not just being in recruitment to creating a recruitment business that then you were successfully able to exit.
Your early motivation about money, just to touch on that a little bit, what do you think drove that realization up front that you wanted a role that was fulfilling, Interesting that you're growing, but also rewarded appropriately.
Well, I like to come back to your definition of successfully exit because actually that's quite a topic to unpick and it's something I talk a lot about in the book.
I'll be really frank and honest because I am an open book in my world and in my work.
My parents had a lot of financial challenges and as a family, therefore, the reality of when a business doesn't work, my dad had his own business and for many years it did okay and then it didn't.
And then the impact on our family when that unexpected kind of, you know, disappointment and reality of a business that isn't successful hit the family caused a lot of stress and lots of other repercussions.
So having had that personal experience as a child, as a young adult and becoming a parent myself, I never wanted that to happen when it was under my watch.
So I think because of my personal experiences around experiencing a lack of money, that was a very high motivator.
But there's something I speak about in the book, which I think is also really important around the drive you talk about.
Kind of 16 slash 10 years, like six years kind of working out after I left my company.
But the real method that I've created from all of my experience, it stands for role, emotion, acceleration and leadership, which I believe are the pillars for high performance, especially in this current climate where the stakes are relentlessly high.
I start off by talking about the difference between towards and away from energy.
Interestingly, a lot of senior people have achieved what the world would deem successful careers because they're driven by away from energy.
And it's a work in progress to not allow this to be my state currently because we're all human.
You're driven by what if I don't? What will happen if this goes wrong? And it's like getting away from the monsters under the bed.
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